Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

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Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of...

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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

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He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

#Samuel Johnson